Week 5 · Recap
Cardinals 21, Lions 45: Week 5 recap
What happened
The Cardinals got run over by the Lions 45-21 at home at State Farm Stadium in Week 5, moving to 1-4.
The Cardinals were outgained 412-327, lost the turnover battle, 1 giveaways to 0, and went 8-18 on third down.
Jacoby Brissett went 29 of 47 for 292 yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT. Jeremiyah Love had 12 carries for 22 yards on the ground. Kendrick Bourne led the receivers with 5 catches for 70 yards.
On defense, Budda Baker led with 1 sack and Budda Baker had 11 tackles.
Team stats
- 327Total yards412
- 271Passing yards249
- 56Rushing yards163
- 20First downs24
- 8-18Third down4-13
- 3-4Red zone (TD-att)4-4
- 1Turnovers0
- 5-28Sacked-yards3-22
- 5-45Penalties-yards4-31
- 30:11Possession29:49
Box score from ESPN.
Scoring plays
Score: DET-ARI- 1st quarter
- ARITeagan Quitoriano 2 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)5:060-7
- 2nd quarter
- DET(No Huddle) J.Gibbs up the middle for 1 yard, TOUCHDOWN. J.Bates extra point is GOOD, Center-H.Hatten, Holder-J.Fox.12:227-7
- DETSam LaPorta 38 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)9:3014-7
- DETJameson Williams 8 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)4:5021-7
- DETJake Bates 46 Yd Field Goal0:5324-7
- 3rd quarter
- DETJameson Williams 39 Yd pass from Jared Goff (Jake Bates Kick)9:4231-7
- ARITeagan Quitoriano 13 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)4:2231-14
- DETJared Goff 1 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)1:0538-14
- 4th quarter
- DETJahmyr Gibbs 3 Yd Rush (Jake Bates Kick)5:0345-14
- ARITrey McBride 9 Yd pass from Jacoby Brissett (Chad Ryland Kick)2:1145-21
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